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. C. ~~~8concePt of the Project ,he Project plan consists of works for diverting water to the water- short areas on the eastern side of the Continental Divide. On the western slope water collection facilities would be constructed on the headwaters of the Fryingpan River and Hunter Creek, both tributaries of the Roaring Fork River. Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River below the collection works would provide replacement storage to protect prior water rights downstream and to provide storage of additional water for beneficial uses as may be determined by appro- priate authorities at a later date. The Charles H. Boustead Tunnel transports the diverted flow under the Continental Divide. . On the eastern slope, storage capacity for regulation of Project water would be provided in Turquoise Lake near the outlet portal of the Charles H. Boustead Tunnel. Project water would then flow south from Turquoise Lake, through the Mt. Elbert Conduit, to the Mt. Elbert Forebay and Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant, into Twin Lakes, then through the Otero Canal and powerplant to Clear Creek Reservoir. Water released from Clear Creek Reaervoir would flow down the Arkansas River. Some Project water would be diverted from the Arkansas River, near Canon City, to the Fountain Valley Conduit for delivery to Colorado Springs and other municipal and industrial water users to the north and northeast. Project water not diverted to the Fountain Valley Conduit, would continue down the Arkansas River to Pueblo Reservoir where it would be stored until needed for municipal and industrial (M&I) use or irrigation. The Arkansas Valley Conduit would transport water for M&I use to towns in the Arkansas River Valley east to Lamar, Colorado. About 50 percent, 40,500 acre-feet, of the Project water is presently allocated to M&I use. Power generated by the project at the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant and the Otero Powerplant would be delivered by short transmission lines to the existing power transmission systems in the area. D. Summary of the Numbers and Types of Features There are six storage dams and reservoir on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. One, Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, is on the Fryingpan River just above Basalt, Colorado, on the western side of the Continental Divide. Four dams and reservoirs are on the upper eastern slope Project area. These are Sugar Loaf Dam and Turquoise Lake, Mt. Elbert Forebay Dam and Reservoir, Twin Lakes Dam and Reservoir, and Clear Creek Dam and Reservoir. Pueblo Dam and Reservoir is the largest of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project storage facilities and is located on the Arkansas River just west of Pueblo, Colorado. . 1I-3